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Shawabti

Object Number:29-86-347
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Dra Abu El-Naga
Locus: DAN 3
Period: New Kingdom
Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made: 1292-1150 BCE
Early Date: -1292
Late Date: -1150
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Calcite
Pigment
Technique:Painted
Incised
Iconography:Man
Inscription Language:Hieroglyphic
Height: 34.9 cm
Width: 11.4 cm
Depth: 7.6 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923
Other Number:DAN329 - Field No SF

Description

Calcite shabti of Khetyabet with detail incised and painted. He wears a garment with short loosefitting sleeves. His arms are folded and in each hand is an amulet (djed pilar?). There is a vertical inscription on his kilt.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mummy Room ( Jun 1972 - 1979) View Objects in Exhibition
Archaeological Treasures of Ancient Egypt (1983 - 1984) View Objects in Exhibition
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 252-255View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] 1985. The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 114View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Amarillo Art Center. 1983. Archaeological Treasures of Ancient Egypt.. Amarillo Art Center. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: #33View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 89. fig. 55View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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